Not Everything That Ails Public Education is Common Core
Awareness about the Common Core is up and that is good. I’ve been thrilled by the interest and activism that is taking place on a national and state level. In our zeal to stop something we see as harmful to American education it is easy to find the bogeyman, so to speak, hiding behind every bush and lurking around every corner.
Because of this I want to provide a gentle reminder. Not every bad homework assignment, quiz or test can be blamed on Common Core.
Fox News fell victim to this tendency. Bret Baier yesterday wrote:
That is the question being asked about a fifth grade worksheet that has come to light.The worksheet entitled Hold the Flag High is part of the Common Core — a national education standard backed by the Obama administration.The controversial grammar lesson instructs the students to correct sentences about the
18-Year-Old Wins School Board Election Campaigning Against Common Core
18-year-old Nick Hladick just graduated from Montgomery High School in May. This fall he is a freshman at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He is now a new member of the Montgomery County School Board.Gateway Pundit points out that Hladick was the top vote getter. He beat incumbents Shalini Bhargava (1427 votes) and Sandra Donnay (1594 votes) as well as newcomers Ramesh Durvasula